The House on the Waterfall


30m 1988

Brief Synopsis

A documentary focusing on Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, Fallingwater, a house designed for the Edgar Kaufman, Sr., family and located on a waterfall on Bear Run in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania. The program also documents the reunion of three of Wright's apprent

Film Details

Also Known As
House on the Waterfall, Story of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece, The
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1988

Technical Specs

Duration
30m

Synopsis

A documentary focusing on Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, Fallingwater, a house designed for the Edgar Kaufman, Sr., family and located on a waterfall on Bear Run in the Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania. The program also documents the reunion of three of Wright's apprentices who supervised the construction of the project over 50 years ago. Their reminiscences are interwoven with footage documenting the innovations necessary to construct the cantilevered dwelling around the natural features of Bear Run.

Film Details

Also Known As
House on the Waterfall, Story of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece, The
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1988

Technical Specs

Duration
30m

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